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Marmoset Testicular development<br />

• First testicular differentiation- ~GD 75 (late<br />

embryo stage)<br />

•Birth—tubules contain many genocytes- not in contact<br />

with the basement membrane<br />

• Juvenile (6 months) – pre-spermatogenesis—similar<br />

to gonocytes and fetal spermatogonia<br />

• Puberty (8 months) – first adult spermatagonia<br />

• Post-puberty (12 months +) - some males producing<br />

fully mature spermatazoa.<br />

(rev. Li et al. 2005)

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